I took delivery of my American Eagle Yukon furnace the end of September 2000.   To save the $150 or so that I would have had to pay to have the trucking company bring it to my door with a suitable truck (one with a lift gate, I wasn't going to trust my newly installed loader on the tractor to handle the 800# furnace!) I had to rent a small trailer and drive 60 miles to the terminal in Cadillac MI to pick it up.  these photos depict the beginning of my furnace installation adventure.

This photo shows what it looks like once installed.  Note the 4" tall concrete slab I poured atop the floor to raise it up the necessary amount.

I rented a small trailer that appears to be normally used to haul things like snowmobiles or lawn tractors around.  It was just the right size for this load and trailered really well.   As you can see, my furnace room has convenient access from the driveway-- very useful in this instance, and needed down the road when I deal with the wood it uses.

The tilting bed on the trailer was a godsend.  The only hitch was that I needed to help it along a touch with my jack because of the slope of the land and the weight of the load, but that wasn't a problem. 

Once I got the furnace shifted just a bit I was able to remove my jack and slowly pull the trailer out from under the crated furnace.

Getting the furnace off the trailer wasn't too bad a job.  As you can see, I had a come-along attached to a board across the opening to pull it into the room.

Ultimately, I used that same board, mounted to the front of the tractor bucket, to push the furnace fully into the room.  This was one of the first useful projects that my (new to me at the time) tractor was used for.  I was very happy to be able to get the furnace out of the weather.

Looking closely, I see that the furnace arrived before the overhead door was installed.  It may have been out of the rain, but not totally out of the weather that day!

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